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15 Apr 2016, 6:03 am
In this case, the Texas legislature has, very reasonably, determined—as have many other state legislatures—that the benefits of issuing subsidized licenses to many categories of aliens (and to citizens) outweigh the costs. [read post]
13 Apr 2016, 9:05 pm
How one Texas judge resists [Ed Spillane, Washington Post] Maryland legislature passes amended version of asset forfeiture bill I spoke favorably of at Annapolis press event in January [Tenth Amendment Center, background] Child services hair-sample forensics: “This Canadian Lab Spent 20 Years Ruining Lives” [Tess Owen, Vice] Cato’s 1995 Handbook for Congress urged repeal of Clinton crime bill, but Congress didn’t listen [Tim Lynch, Newsweek and more] … [read post]
12 Apr 2016, 9:01 pm
But several fundamentalist sects—including the FLDS sect that was targeted in a raid on the Learning for Zion ranch in Texas a few years back—continue to promote and practice polygamy. [read post]
12 Apr 2016, 3:50 pm
Employer and other employee benefit plan sponsors, benefit plan committees and fiduciaries, and the broker-dealers, financial advisors, insurance agents and other plan service providers that provide investment-related platforms, advice, recommendations or other services for employee benefit plans need to reevaluate the fiduciary status of their service providers and begin restructuring as necessary their associated relationships, service provider commission or other compensation, service agreements… [read post]
12 Apr 2016, 3:50 pm
Employer and other employee benefit plan sponsors, benefit plan committees and fiduciaries, and the broker-dealers, financial advisors, insurance agents and other plan service providers that provide investment-related platforms, advice, recommendations or other services for employee benefit plans need to reevaluate the fiduciary status of their service providers and begin restructuring as necessary their associated relationships, service provider commission or other compensation, service agreements… [read post]
12 Apr 2016, 3:59 am
Abbott, holding that states and local governments may use total population to draw legislative districts; he contends that “[t]he curious feature of Justice Ginsburg’s opinion for the court is its rather lukewarm and overdetermined conclusion that considering total population is merely a permissible—rather than a required—calculus for legislatures working out how to divvy up their people into legislative districts. [read post]
11 Apr 2016, 10:15 am
Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Ms. [read post]
11 Apr 2016, 10:15 am
Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Ms. [read post]
11 Apr 2016, 6:29 am
Part of that must involve sentencing reform.In a similarly dismissive fashion, Pfaff poo poos the impact of the drug war on mass incarceration, and indeed only 16 percent of Texas state prisoners are drug offenders (24,005 people as of 8/31/14). [read post]
10 Apr 2016, 10:53 am
Now, Jennifer Emily at the Dallas News provides some backstory on it.The Texas Observer recently published an interview with exoneree Anthony Graves, who was also featured in the Dallas News last month for his philanthropic efforts supporting innocence work.The Comptroller turned down compensation for Alfred Brown, whose wrongful conviction spurred the Legislature to eliminate the state's pick-a-pal grand jury system.In a similar vein, Jordan Smith has an update on… [read post]
9 Apr 2016, 7:58 am
Regular Grits readers are well aware of Texas' "junk science writ," which was added to the state's habeas corpus statute in 2013 then amended in 2015. [read post]
9 Apr 2016, 4:48 am
A 1997, Texas Supreme Court discusses this. [read post]
8 Apr 2016, 6:02 am
She is interested in how it might play out in a court, before the Legislature, or the state Ethics Commission as to whether the tapes could be used. [read post]
6 Apr 2016, 11:02 am
State of Texas Domestic Violence Task Force In 2013, the Texas Legislature also created its own state-wide Task Force for domestic violence. [read post]
5 Apr 2016, 10:19 am
The Texas Legislature amended the Estates Code through House Bill (H.B.) 39 and Senate Bill (S.B.) 1881, (84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015) by adding the Supported Decision-Making Agreement Act. [read post]
4 Apr 2016, 2:39 pm
This case arose [Oyez Project summary] after the 2010 census when the Texas legislature created a redistricting plan. [read post]
4 Apr 2016, 10:16 am
At issue in the case was only the metric that legislatures should or could use in drawing up new election districts for state legislatures and county- and city-elected governing entities. [read post]
30 Mar 2016, 10:08 am
In Texas, single parents pay 66% of their income for two children in a center care. [read post]
30 Mar 2016, 10:08 am
In Texas, single parents pay 66% of their income for two children in a center care. [read post]
29 Mar 2016, 6:04 am
These are all brand new tactics the state was unable to employ before it was created by the Legislature in 2013. [read post]
